org.xwiki.resource
Interface ResourceFactory<T,U extends Resource>

Type Parameters:

T - the object to transform into a XWiki Resource

U - the return type (e.g. Resource, EntityResource, etc)

@Role
@Unstable
public interface ResourceFactory<T,U extends Resource>

Transforms some representation of an XWiki Resource into a Resource instance.

Since:

5.3M1

Version:

$Id: 438e1f9dffffa255d55533ad097f6a25e54f8d6a $

Field Summary

static ParameterizedType

TYPE_URL_RESOURCE Type instance for ResourceFactory<URL, Resource>.

Method Summary

U	createResource(T representation, Map<String,Object> parameters) Transforms some representation of a XWiki Resource into a Resource instance.

Field Detail

TYPE_URL_RESOURCE

static final ParameterizedType TYPE_URL_RESOURCE

Type instance for ResourceFactory<URL, Resource>.

Method Detail

createResource

U createResource(T representation,
                 Map<String,Object> parameters)
                                  throws ResourceCreationException,
                                         UnsupportedResourceException

Transforms some representation of a XWiki Resource into a Resource instance.

Parameters:

representation - the object to transform into a Resource instance

parameters - generic parameters that depend on the underlying implementation. In order to know what to pass you need to check the documentation for the implementation you're using.

Returns:

the Resource instance

Throws:

ResourceCreationException - if there was an error while creating the XWiki Resource object

UnsupportedResourceException - if the passed representation points to an unsupported Resource type that we don't know how to parse